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ESPN’s university soccer analyst Paul Finebaum opened about how the murder of Charlie Kirk personally affected him and that relied on Tim Tebow to obtain some support.
Finebaum spoke with the founder of Outkick, Clay Travis, and revealed that Kirk’s murder shook him a bit despite the fact that he had never met the 31 -year -old conservative influential in his life.
On September 10, Finebaum said he was “numb” while doing his radio program after learning about Kirk’s death.
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Charlie Kirk speaks at the University of Utah Valley on September 10, 2025 in OEM, Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
“I spent four hours numb talking about things that didn’t care. I kept building during that week and I didn’t know Charlie Kirk. I never met him,” he said.
Finebaum said he was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, preparing for a ESPN show when he threw Tebow aside to talk with him about Kirk.
He said that former Florida Gators star asked him if he was fine.
“It’s hard to describe, not being involved in politics, how that affected me and affected dozens of millions of people throughout this country,” said Finebaum. “And it was a awakening, and I went out and did the show that morning, but still bothered me and I could not overcome it.
Paul Finebaum and Tim Tebow take a selfie on the Set Nation set before a game between the Bulldogs of the Mississippi state and the Arkansas reasoning on October 8, 2022, at the Wade Davis stadium in Starkville, Miss. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
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“Tebow calmed me because he told me a little about his relationship with Charlie Kirk. But I felt very empty doing what I was doing that day.”
Finebaum said he thought he was affected both by Kirk’s murder due to how many interactions he has with young people daily.
“The foolish, but also what caught me more than anything else than the most obvious, losing my life, was its connection with young people,” he said. “I am on a university campus every week, and I am always stunned when young people show up and tell me they are fans.
“And they will generally tell me: ‘I had to be subjected to their program when my parents picked me up.’ But I remember being that age when things affect you in other ways.
The ESPN/SEC Network analyst, Paul Finebaum, settled before a playoffs American football playoffs game at the Peach Chick-Fil-A bowl between the Bulldogs of Georgia and the buckeyes of the state of Ohio, on December 31, 2022, at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Finebaum also talked about a possible career in the United States Senate and how ESPN rejected his possible interview with President Donald Trump.
